Who is minding the Store?

Who is minding the store? We haven't heard of the 1 Malaysia Development Fund nowadays. Yes, I am referring to the RM5 billion that is managed by the 1 Malaysia Development Board 1MDB. Yes, it's that…

MACC dragging feet in P.I. Bala case

(Free Malaysia Today) - The lawyer for private investigator P. Balasubramaniam recently offered his help to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in its investigation into his client’s…

Outgoing MACC chief threatens to sue

(Free Malaysia Today) - Ahmad Said Hamdan, the outgoing chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is threatening to sue anyone accusing him of wrongdoing or abuse of power in connection…

PAS endorses Pakatan’s common platform

By G. Manimaran, The Malaysian Insider Pakatan Rakyat (PR) edged closer to a formal coalition after PAS, whose Islamic credentials have often been at odds with its partners PKR and DAP, gave the green…

The new Umno dilemma

After 60 years of independence, rapid socio-economic development, mass education right up to the university level, an exodus of rural urban drift, and the emergence of a vibrant urban Malay middle…

What Truth? Actual or Distorted?

From talking about The Bloggers' Code, our PM has declared that "journalists, including those in the new media, have an important role in moulding the thinking of the people."By Masterwordsmith

A Weekend with Tariq Ramadan

Marina MahathirIt was probably a good thing that the people who invited Tariq Ramadan didn't organise the talk somewhere in PJ. If they had, the venue would probably have been surrounded by the police…

Has the NCB run its course?

Sometimes, the one chosen to conduct a course is more important than the content stipulated on paper. In the case of courses run under the National Civics Bureau, there have been complaints over what…

BTN Debate Can’t Be Stopped

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak wants all quarters, including ministers not to prolong the polemics on the National Civics Bureau (BTN). He said he himself would evaluate BTN’s training modules and…

Pagar Makan Padi

The Chinese have been dissipated along lines that mark their different dialect groups, social class and religious inclinations. So, except for their supposed cultural affinity, how does a Chinese…

Is it really Black or White?

Racism is not a thing of the past. All over the world, it is still quite alive today although it may be less in severity in some places. Despite whatever positive development, we must realize that…

Dances with Dayaks

A REPUBLIC OF VIRTUEAzly Rahmanhttp://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com/2008/11/187-blue-ocean-distortion.htmlA new era is dawning – of culture and consciousness in the face of state-sponsored…

Dr M: Don’t pick on bumi issue

(Malaysian Mirror) - Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that the opportunity given to more bumiputras to enter public universities should not be disputed as a racist act which prioritises one race at the…